The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
MUSEUM
museum
(noun) a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
museum (plural museums or musea)
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
Usage notes
The plural "musea" has always been very rare in English.
Source: Wiktionary
Mu*se"um, n. Etym: [L., a temple of the Muses, hence, a place of study, fr. Gr.
Definition: A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art. Museum beetle, Museum pest. (Zoöl.) See Anthrenus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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